Directed by Shawn Levy Written by Matt Duffer   Ross Duffer   Jessica Mecklenburg   Jessie Nickson-Lopez   Cast Winona Ryder ... Joyce Byers David Harbour ... Jim Hopper Finn Wolfhard ... Mike Wheeler Millie Bobby Brown ... Eleven Gaten Matarazzo ... Dustin Henderson Caleb McLaughlin ... Lucas Sinclair Natalia Dyer ... Nancy Wheeler Charlie Heaton ... Jonathan Byers Cara Buono ... Karen Wheeler Matthew Modine ... Martin Brenner Joe Keery ... Steve Harrington Rob Morgan ... Officer Powell Shannon Purser ... Barbara Holland John Reynolds ... Officer Callahan (as John Paul Reynolds) Mark Steger ... The Monster Glennellen Anderson ... Nicole Cynthia Barrett ... Mrs. Holland Pete Burris ... Hawkins Head of Security Hugh B. Holub ... Scientist (as Hugh Holub) Cade Jones ... James Charles Lawlor ... Mr. Melvald Aimee Mullins ... Terry Ives (credit only) Miles Mussenden ... M.P. Officer Patrick Anniston Price ... Holly Wheeler Tinsley Price ... Holly Wheeler Ron Roggé ... State Trooper O'Bannon (as Ron Rogge) Chester Rushing ... Tommy Hagan Chelsea Talmadge ... Carol Perkins Sierra Rae ... Ally (as Sierra Vemeyer) Christi Waldon ... Marissa Peyton Wich ... Troy Uncredited Cast Fernando Campos ... Security Guard Philip Dido ... Security Guard Alex Hargett ... High School Student Jim Heard ... Townsperson Daniel Martinez ... Middle School Student Anthony Porrey ... High School Student Noah Schnapp ... Will Byers Julaine Tackett ... High School Student Produced by Dan Cohen   Justin Doble   Matt Duffer   Ross Duffer   Karl Gajdusek   Rand Geiger   Cindy Holland   Shawn Levy   Jessica Mecklenburg   Iain Paterson   Alison Tatlock   Matthew Thunell   Brian Wright   Original Music by Kyle Dixon Michael Stein

Additional Info Premiere: July 15, 2016 DVD Release: October 17, 2017 Blu-ray Release: October 17, 2017 Country: Distributor: Netflix Websites: Production Companies 21 Laps Entertainment Monkey Massacre Netflix Distributors Netflix   (2016-) (World-wide) (video) (SVoD) Warner Home Video   (2017-) (USA) (Blu-ray) Rating Stats Overall Rating -- / 10 Our Rating 7.3 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 6.6 / 10 Female Users 6.4 / 10 Site Ranking #42 / 20,704 Ratings Breakdown Perfect 4 total ratings Almost Perfect 1 total rating Site Ranking